Table 8.

Antimicrobial studies performed with CUR complexes with metallic NPs.

Type of Metallic Material	[CUR] Formulation	Microorganism	Type of Culture	Antimicrobial Method	Antimicrobial [CUR]	Reference
CUR-AgNPs	20 mg/mL	P. aeruginosa, E. coli, B. subtilis, S. aureus	Planktonic	MIC	20 mg/mL	[177]
Ag-CUR-nanoconjugates	0.1 mM	E. coli, Salmonella spp., Fusarium spp., S. aureus	Planktonic	Zone of Inhibition	0.1 mM	[178]
AgCURNPs	500 mg	P. aeruginosa S. aureus	Biofilm	CLSM SEM	Up to 400 μg/mL	[179]
AgNPs	7 mg	E. coli	Planktonic	Turbidimetric Assay	0.005 µM	[180]
cAgNPs	7 mg	E. coli B. subtilis	Planktonic	MIC CFU/mL	7 mg	[181]
Ru II complex	0.092 g	E. coli, S. aureus, K. pneumoniae, A. baumannii,. P. aeruginosa, Enterococcus sp.	Plakntonic	MIC/FICI	>64 µg/mL	[182]
SCMC SNCF nanocomposites with CUR	0.25 mg/mL	E. coli	Planktonic	Disc Method Count Method	2 mg/mL	[183]
CSCL CUR-AgNP	0.092 g	E. coli, B. subtilis	Planktonic	Zone of Inhibition	10 and 20 μM	[184]
nSnH	10%	S. aureus E. coli.	Planktonic	CFU/mL	N/R	[185]
Nanocomposite of CUR and ZnO NPs	N/C	S. epidermidis S. hemolyticus S. saprophyticus	Planktonic	Zone of Inhibition	1000, 750, 500, 250 μg/mL	[186]
Thermo-responsive hydrogels	N/C	S. aureus P. aeruginosa E. coli	Planktonic	MIC	400 μg/mL	[187]
CUR-AgNPs	5 mg/mL	C. albicans, C. glabrata, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis, C. krusei, C. kefyr	Planktonic	Zone of Inhibition, MIC	32.2–250 μg/mL	[188]
Gel-CUR-Ag	20 mg	P. aeruginosa S. aureus	Planktonic	MIC MBC	20 mg	[189]
HGZ-CUR	N/C	S. aureus T. rubrum	Planktonic	Zone of Inhibition	N/C	[190]
CHG-ZnO-CUR	N/C	S. aureus T. rubrum	Planktonic	Zone of Inhibition	N/C	[191]
Copper (II) oxide NPs	1 g	E. faecalis P. aeruginosa	Planktonic	Zone of Inhibition CFU/mL	1 mg/mL	[192]
OA-Ag-C	1 g	P. aeruginosa S. aureus	Planktonic	OD600nm	2.5 mg/mL	[193]
Ag-NP-β-CD-BC	0.79 g	P. aeruginosa, S. aureus, C. auris	Planktonic	Zone of Inhibition	N/R	[194]
Cotton fabrics coated ZnO-NP	2.71 × 10−3 M	S. aureus, E. coli	Planktonic	Bacterial Count	N/R	[195]
CS-ZnO-CUR	0.2 g	S. aureus, E. coli	Planktonic	MIC MBC	Up to 50 μg/mL	[196]
CUR-TiO2 -CS	100–300 mg	S. aureus, E. coli	Planktonic Animal infection	MIC	10 mg	[197]
CUR-Au-NPs	1 mg/mL	E. coli, B. subtilis, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa	Planktonic	Zone of Inhibition	100, 200, 300 μg/mL	[198]

[CUR]: CUR concentration. N/R: not reported. N/C: not clear.